Diplomonadida

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Diplomonadida A taxonomic order within the class Eopharyngea – small heterotrophic protists with no mitochondria, most found principally in the intestines of animals, where the are parasitic and cause disease; thought to form one of the earliest branches of eukaryote evolution. ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Protozoa – kingdom; Eozoa – subkingdom; Excavata – infrakingdom; Metamonada – phylum; Eopharyngea - class ==== Hyponyms ==== (order): Enteromonadidae; Hexamitidae - families === See also === Fornicata === References === Diplomonad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Diplozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Distomatida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Diplomonadida at National Center for Biotechnology Information Diplomonadida at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI